College lacrosse roundup: Lazo scores five goals in Penn State win

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NORTH CAROLINA 7, FURMAN 3: Brian Balkam made 12 saves and allowed just one goal in the final three quarters to lead the No. 1-ranked Tar Heels to the victory over the Paladins. North Carolina improved to 2-0 with the victory while Furman is now 0-3. Chris Cloutier and Justin Anderson each scored two goals for the Tar Heels while Brian Cannon had a goal and an assist. Timmy Kelly and William Perry each recorded single goals for UNC while Peyton Klawinski and Michael Tagliaferri each had assists.

ARMY WEST POINT 9, UMASS 2: The Black Knights jumped out to a six-goal lead in the second quarter and never looked back in the win over Massachusetts to open their 100th season. Army (1-0) was led by a trio of scorers as Cole Johnson, David Symmes and Matthew Donovan each had two goals apiece. A total of seven players had goals in the win. AJ Barretto was spectacular in net with seven saves and allowing only two goals in just over three quarters of action. Johnny Surdick (Odenton/DeMatha) made his first career start on defense for the Black Knights.

YORK COLLEGE 12, WASHINGTON & LEE 11: Sophomore midfielder Austin Glab scored off an assist from sophomore attackman Thomas Pfeiffer with just 1:11 remaining to lift the seventh-ranked Spartans to the victory over the 20th-ranked Generals. J.D. Beck (Kent Island) scooped up five ground balls for York (1-0).

LIMESTONE 19, LENOIR-RHYNE 8: Junior attack Charlie Sheehan tallied five goals and the nationally second-ranked Saints rolled past the No. 14 Bears to open the 2017 campaign. Dakota Kirsh-Downs (Arundel) made his collegiate debut and had a ground ball for Limestone.

RUTGERS 16, ST. JOHN'S 8: The Red Storm (0-1) dropped their season-opener to the No. 16/19 Scarlet Knights (1-0) on the brand new state-of-the-art turf, asSt. John's was unable to contain the Rutgers high-powered attack.

MANHATTAN 14, WAGNER 13 (3 OT): The Seahawks overcame a five-goal, first-half deficit to forge a 13-13 tie after regulation before Manhattan's Parker Giarratana sank the game-winning goal 23 seconds into the third overtime session, lifting the Jaspers to the win in the Seahawks' season opener.

SALISBURY 9, LYNCHBURG 8: The top-ranked Sea Gulls took down the Hornets, with the win marking the first time since the 2010-11 season that the home team had not won the annual matchup. Nathan Blondino ended as the game's leading scorer, posting three goals and two assists. Colin McGuire (St. Mary's) had a goal, an assist and five ground balls for Lynchburg.

SYRACUSE 19, SIENA 6: Jordan Evans and Nick Mariano combined for 15 points, tallying career-highs of eight and seven respectively, while Brendan Bomberry and Nate Solomon each scored four times to lead No. 5 Syracuse (1-0).

DELAWARE 18, MOUNT ST. MARY'S 5: The visiting Blue Hens (1-1) used a 9-2 run in the third quarter to pull away from the Mount (0-1).

Jack Mangan had two goals and an assist for Mount St. Mary's. Trupert Ortlieb finished with a game-high six goals for Delaware.

PENN STATE 13, TOWSON 11: Senior Steph Lazo (St. Mary's) potted five goals for the second straight game to help lead the No. 7 Nittany Lions past the No. 19 Tigers in non-conference action. Lazo also added an assist, while Madison Carter (South River) scored three times while adding eight draw controls and four groundballs. Kayla Brisolari (Archbishop Spalding) had an assist for Penn State.

DELAWARE 10, GEORGETOWN 9: The Hoyas (0-1) battled, but could not come up with a late goal to fall to the Blue Hens (1-0) in the teams' season opener.

ELON 11, VIRGINIA 10: Abby Godfrey scored on a free position shot with one second left as visiting Elon (2-0) earned an 11-10 upset over No. 13 Virginia (0-1). The win is the Phoenix's second ever over a nationally ranked team; Elon (2-0) beat No. 8 Duke last season, 7-6. Josh Hexter earned his 100th win as a head coach.

For Virginia, Kelly Reese (Severn) scored two goals and Rachel Vander Kolk (Severna Park) finished with six saves while playing the entuire 60 minutes.

NORTH CAROLINA 13, FLORIDA 10: Sammy Jo Tracy had four goals and Ela Hazar had two goals and four assists to lead the No. 1 Tar Heels (2-0) to the victory over the No. 3 Gators (0-1). The visiting Tar Heels took a 6-3 lead in the first half before trading goals with the Gators in the second half.

For Florida, Taylor Bresnahan (South River) had two ground balls and three caused turnovers, while freshman Brianna Harris (Broadneck) was credited with two shots and a ground ball in her collegiate debut.

NOTRE DAME 24, DETROIT MERCY 9: For the second consecutive year, the No. 8 Fighting Irish swept the weekend with wins on back-to-back days. Notre Dame (2-1) overcame a slow start and outlasted Detroit Mercy (0-1). The Irish improves to 3-0 all-time against the Titans. In its last two victories against Detroit Mercy, the Irish have outscored the Titans, 25-3.